Broccoli is in and bacon is out, at least on Mondays in Los Angeles. The city council has officially endorsed "Meatless Mondays." / Emilia Stasiak

by Kim Painter, Special for USA TODAY

by Kim Painter, Special for USA TODAY

Meatless in LA: If you are reading this over breakfast in Los Angeles, you better put down the bacon -- at least if you want to stay in line with a city-wide "Meatless Monday" effort just endorsed by the city council. Participation is voluntary, of course, but backers of the international movement say that going vegetarian at least one day a week is good for health and the environment. Los Angeles is the largest city in the nation to join the campaign. (NBC News)

Trouble with zippers: More than 16,000 adults each year show up in U.S. emergency rooms with genital injuries caused by products ranging from bicycles to zippers, a new study shows. Men suffer more of these mishaps than women, researchers say. (ABC News)

Poison mushrooms: Two elderly women have died and four other people have been hospitalized after eating poison mushrooms accidentally served in a soup at a California assisted living facility. California health officials are repeating warnings that it's not safe to eat mushrooms grown in the wild. (Associated Press)

Today's talker: Can you eat your way to better body odor? The makers of a new edible deodorant suggest that you can -- and that eating rose-flavored Deo Perfume Candy will "leave your skin with a beautiful rose fragrance." But scientists are skeptical, ABC News reports. The whole popular idea that sweat smells like what you eat -- even if it's garlic or curry -- is untested, the experts say.